Surendra S. Chhajta

Surendra S. Chhajta, Director Network Maintenance, Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO)

Surendra, who held this position since September 2018, is responsible for driving and managing TRANSCO’s maintenance programme for power and water asset portfolio with a focus on deploying contemporary technologies to promote predictive interventions for better maintenance outcomes. He joined Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) in Jan’ 2007 as Head of Strategy & Planning - Power and since then has been in the sector, holding technical leadership & advisory positions.

Surendra has more than three and half decades of experience in all key elements of power delivery chain; generation, transmission, distribution & utility IT infrastructure.

Surendra received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with Honours from Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur and Master in Power Systems from Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee (Gold Medallist). He is an active member of many global technical bodies like IEEE and CIGRE.